CVE-2024-12038 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 2.8.15. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts via the 'buddyforms_nav' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, with potential impacts of limited confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.8.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:themekraft:buddyforms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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